{"id":328386,"date":"2026-08-24T14:16:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328386\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:16:52","slug":"brooklyn-carroll-death-quentin-kight-pleads-guilty-in-2025-harris-lake-boat-accident-that-killed-10-year-old-injured-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328386\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Carroll Death | Quentin Kight pleads guilty in 2025 Harris Lake boat accident that killed 10-year-old, injured woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) — New developments in a deadly boating accident<\/a> that happened a little over a year ago on Harris Lake in Chatham County.<\/p>\n

Monday, Quentin Kight, who is facing several charges in the accident that killed 10-year-old Brooklyn Carroll<\/a> on Saturday, August 2, 2025, is expected to enter a guilty plea.<\/p>\n

Kight is charged with death while impaired boating and serious injury while impaired boating.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Kight was driving drunk<\/a> when he ran over swimmers in the water. Killing the 10-year-old and severely injured Wake County school employee Jennifer Stehle, who survived but underwent an amputation above the knee after the incident.<\/p>\n

His girlfriend, AnneMarie Flanigan, who owns the boat, was accused of allowing Kight to operate it while intoxicated. Kight reportedly failed to do field sobriety tests after the crash, and North Carolina Wildlife officers found almost 90 empty alcohol containers either on or outside of his boat.<\/p>\n

Court documents obtained by ABC11 in 2025 revealed that Kight had a blood alcohol level of 0.17<\/a>, more than twice the legal limit.<\/p>\n

Flanigan <\/a>has also been charged in the case. Both Kight and Flanigan served in the U.S. Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In October, the family of Brooklyn Carroll<\/a> filed a wrongful-death lawsuit.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Carroll family<\/p>\n

After filing the lawsuit, Brooklyn’s parents, Kim Cannon and Matt Carroll, released a statement through their attorney, David Sherlin.<\/p>\n

“When we sent Brooklyn to Shearon Harris Reservoir on August 2 with a friend, we never imagined we’d be filing her wrongful death lawsuit just over two months later because of what happened that day,” the family said. “We miss Brooklyn more than words could ever convey. But we continue to find ways to discover joy through our family and our friends. That is what Brooklyn would have wanted and how we will continue to honor her memory.”<\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Carroll family<\/p>\n

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